Impact of Historical Changes in Coarse Cereals Consumption in India on Micronutrient Intake and Anemia Prevalence

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 377-392

  DeFries, Ruth ^a   Chhatre, Ashwini ^b   Davis, Kyle Frankel ^a,c   Dutta, Arnab ^d   Fanzo, Jessica ^e   Ghosh Jerath, Suparna ^f   Myers, Samuel ^g   Rao, Narasimha D ^h   Smith, Matthew R ^g  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

anemia; coarse cereals; green revolution; India; iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GREEN REVOLUTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IRON; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRACE ELEMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

HEME; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CALORIC INTAKE; DEFICIENCY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD GRAIN; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EDIBLE GRAIN; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEME; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85053750912     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572118783492     Document Type: Article

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